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Turn Off Mouseover Help in Elements Pane?
by Brian Rice 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

I'm using oXygen 11.2 on XP sp 3. The schema I'm working with has some rather extensive annotations which, when displayed as mouse-over help in the elements pane, obscure my view of the other elements and get in the way. I've searched through the the Preferences menus looking for a way to turn this off, if possible. Or at least lengthen the time before it appears. I haven't found it if it's there nor could I find this in the archives. Is there some way to at best turn off this feature or lengthen the time delay before it shows up? Thanks, -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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WebHelp output: graphics put in subfolder
by Yves Barbion 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Hi group (and Radu) I've got my ditamap and my topics in a folder named "doc"; my images are in a subfolder named "graphics". When I use oXygen XML Editor to generate webhelp from my ditamap, I see that the link to my images is broken, because oXygen XML Editor seems to copy my images to a subfolder: "out/doc/graphics" (where it should be "out/graphics". Is anyone else seeing this? Thanks -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu

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Xproc, XQuery and XForms workshops at TEI MM2010, Zadar, Croatia
by Christian Wittern 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Dear Oxygen users, This is to alert you to the fact that a number of workshops of potential interest to you are held this November in Zadar, Croatia as part of the TEI members meeting and conference TEI MM 2010: * Pipeline-processing of TEI-XML documents with XProc (Norm Walsh) [Nov. 8 and Nov 9 til noon] * Introduction to XQuery as a tool for TEI users (C. M. Sperberg-McQueen) [Nov. 8 and Nov 9 til noon] * Building interactive XML tools with XForms (C. M. Sperberg-McQueen) [Nov. 9 afternoon and Nov. 10] In addition, there are workshops on ODD (a common layer of abstraction for defining schemas in the RelaxNG, XML Schema and DTD languages) and other TEI related topics *Early bird registration with a 20% discount off the regular price ends on Sept. 8!!* Register for the workshops at the TEI webshop (http://tei-shop.org) Further discounts are available for TEI members and subscribers. Here is more information about these workshops, but see also http://ling.unizd.hr/~tei2010/workshops/index.en.html * Pipeline-processing of TEI-XML documents with XProc (Norm Walsh) This hands-on workshop will explain XProc: An XML Pipeline Language in detail. We'll begin with a complete introduction to the language and its features, followed by examples and hands-on exercises to explore its features. Participants are encouraged to bring sample documents and processing applications for workshop discussion. Participants should be familiar with XML and comfortable with XML technologies such as XSLT and XInclude. Prior exposure to XProc isn't a requirement. In order to run the exercises,participants will need a laptop with Java installed. Norman Walsh is a Lead Engineer at MarkLogic Corporation where he works with the Application Services team. Norm is also an active participant in a number of standards efforts worldwide: he is chair of the XML Processing Model Working Group at the W3C where he is also co-chair of the XML Core Working Group. At OASIS, he is chair of the DocBook Technical Committee. With more than a decade of industry experience, Norm is well known for his work on DocBook and a wide range of open source projects. He is the author of _DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide_. * Introduction to XQuery as a tool for TEI users (C. M. Sperberg-McQueen) This tutorial will give participants a solid introduction to XQuery, a query and transformation language for XML documents. XQuery can be used to translate XML-tagged data into HTML, to modify the tagging of data, and (of course) to search large bodies of XML material. Many XML processing tasks which are possible but inconvenient in Java, C, or Python are much more convenient in XQuery. Hands-on exercises will give students experience actually writing queries for the interrogation and transformation of XML-tagged data. Participants should have good knowledge of XML syntax and XPath 1.0; knowledge of XSLT 1.0 is helpful but not a prerequisite. Familiarity with basic programming concepts (input, output, types, flow of control will be helpful (or alternatively, the ability to confront new concepts without fear). * Building interactive XML tools with XForms (C. M. Sperberg-McQueen) This workshop introduces XForms as a technology for building special-purposes XML editors with limited functionality and correspondingly simple user interfaces. XForms is built on the model / view / controller idiom, in which the 'model' is a set of XML documents, the 'view' is specified using XHTML and XForms widgets, and the 'controller' takes the form of declarative links between widgets and elements or attributes in the XML documents. With XForms, projects can develop vocabulary- and task-specific editors which require less training and provide better task-specific support than full XML editors; it is thus easier to allow domain experts to examine and modify XML encoding, and routine tasks can be performed more quickly and reliably. Hands-on exercises will be provided. Topics include: design goals of XForms; the XForms processing model; padded-cell editors; XForms widgets; datatypes; auto-calculation; validation in the client; selective display; dynamic labels and multi-lingual interfaces; tabbed interfaces for multi-part forms; deployment issues. Participants should have some knowledge of XHTML markup and XPath and be comfortable editing XML documents; programming experience is not required. Michael Sperberg-McQueen is an independent consultant specializing in problems of long-term preservation and access for scholarly, scientific, public, and cultural-heritage information. He was one of the co-editors of TEI P1, P2, and P3, of the W3C XML 1.0 specification, and of the W3C XML Schema Definition Language (XSD) 1.1 specification. Christian Wittern, Chair, International Program Committee, TEI MM 2010 -- Christian Wittern Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University 47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN

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puzzling multi-schema behavior
by Gary Gapinski 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Using <oXygen/> XML Editor 11.2, build 2010080212. Load http://scap.nist.gov/use-case/cyberscope/cyberscope-auto-feed-example-20100…. An explicit validation results in several Xerces errors in xAL.xsd and xNL.xsd. Is this due to actual errors in the schemata, or due to <oXygen/> validation settings? Regards, Gary

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SearchJS transformation?
by Yves Barbion 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi group (and Radu) I have just discovered the TocJS transformation, which gives me a nice "Contents" pane in my HTML output. Are there any plans for a "SearchJS" transformation which works in a similar way? This would give us a "webhelp-ish" output of a DITA map. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu

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Preventing oXygen XML Author/Editor from overwriting commonltr.css?
by Yves Barbion 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Hi group I generate XHTML from my ditamap. In this process, the commonltr.css file in the OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR\frameworks\dita\DITA-OT\resource\ folder gets copied to the output directory. However, I'd like to use a customized commonltr.css file in the output folder, but keep the original commonltr.css file in the OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR\frameworks\dita\DITA-OT\resource\ folder. Is there an elegant way to do this? When I regenerate output, I see that the commonltr.css file in the output folder is overwritten. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu

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[Ann] oXygen XML Editor version 12 beta
by Stefan Vasile 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi, We are happy to announce the availability of a beta version of Oxygen XML v12. We welcome any suggestions you might have after testing the application. Disclaimer ========== Note that this is a beta version that hasn't been fully tested yet. Please report any issues that you encounter during its use. Download ======== http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor_beta.html http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_author_beta.html Please note that the new version 12 can be installed side-by-side with a previous version of Oxygen. Test License ============ ------START-LICENSE-KEY------ Registration_Name=oXygen 12 Beta User Company=- Category=Enterprise Component=XML-Editor, XSLT-Debugger, Saxon-SA Version=12 Number_of_Licenses=1 Date=08-27-2010 Trial=15 SGN=MCwCFGhSkJ1QJZVKPfeQ2K2xDOQmK3r5AhRK40a3gn9fqXNJ/8Le5zdPjrjaJg\=\= -------END-LICENSE-KEY------- What's New in Oxygen 12 ============================ Version 12 of Oxygen XML improves the existing functionality, adds new features and, most importantly, enhances the user experience. A lot of effort was invested in minimizing memory usage and improving general performance. User Interface ============== * Redesigned Project view The new Project view features a simplified toolbar, an intuitive contextual menu and a mechanism that synchronizes the selection with the current edited document. In addition to this, project modifications are automatically saved. * Redesigned Outline view The Outline view includes filtering support and configuration options grouped in a drop down list, thus simplifying the user interaction. * The New document dialog The New document dialog combines templates and file types in a single presentation layout for increased usability. * Error markers in the Attributes and Outline views Invalid elements and attributes are highlighted with a red underline marker in the Attributes and Outline views. * Open/Find resource Quickly locate and open files from the entire project or from the current DITA Map. Author ====== * Conditional processing Conditional processing attributes can be easily managed to filter content in the published output. You can toggle between different profile sets to see how the edited content looks like before publishing. * Code templates The code templates are available through content completion also in the Author mode. * Paste or drop files in Author Images or other files can be easily referenced by dragging them into your document. You can also paste files in the document to create references. * Comment highlights (review) You can highlight parts of the documents and add them comments. DITA ==== * WebHelp output Oxygen adds a new DITA transformation scenario that converts a DITA Map to WebHelp, providing a website-friendly presentation of the DITA content, featuring a table of contents, index navigation and search capabilities. * DITA Map validation Oxygen provides validation and completeness checking of an entire DITA Map's hierarchy. * Synchronize current topic in the DITA Maps Manager The selection in the DITA Maps Manager is synchronized with the current edited topic. * DITA 1.2 specific features New File templates for General Task and Subject Scheme map. Content completion on keyrefs. Author API ========== * Enhanced Author API Now the Author API provides support for adding custom persistent highlights to the document. Set a listener in the API to be notified when files are dropped or pasted in the Author. Use the API to open an URL in the system preferred application. A complete API allows other Eclipse plugins to access pages from opened Oxygen Eclipse XML editors. XSLT Debugger ============== * Output to templates mapping Navigate through the Debugger Output view to see the template stack which generated each output fragment. * Unified breakpoints Manage both breakpoints and break conditions in a single consolidated view. * Better rendering of node sequences Sequence/node set atomic values are previewed directly in the XWatch or Variables views. Relax NG ======== * Better error location for Relax NG Several error types are more precisely mapped in the editor. * Support for a:defaultValue in content completion The default value specified with an annotation attribute a:defaultValue is contributed to the content completion proposals list. Development =========== * Mark occurrences The occurrences of the current component are highlighted. Available for XML Schema and XSL Stylesheet documents. * XProc scenarios support editor variables Editor variables can be used to specify the parameter values in XProc scenarios. SVN Client ========== Oxygen version 12 comes with the latest Syncro SVN Client improvements: http://www.syncrosvnclient.com/index.html#new-version Others ====== * Folding when line wrap is enabled You can fold XML elements even when the line wrap is activated in the Text editor page. * CSS Support for the "text-transform" property. Component updates ================= * Updated Saxon Saxon was updated to version 9.2.1.2. * Updated DITA OT DITA Open Toolkit was updated to version 1.5.1. * Updated Apache FOP processor The Apache FOP processor was updated to version 1.0. * Updated Calabash XProc connector Calabash XProc connector was updated to version 0.9.23. Regards, Stefan Vasile Stefan Vasile oXygen XML Editor and Author support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 Fax: +40-251-461482 support(a)oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com

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Oxygen 12: Schema Editor
by Eliot Kimber 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

The schema editor always opens in the Design view, but I prefer the text view. I didn't see an option to control which view schemas are opened in by default. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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New Templates Dialog Not Quite Working Right
by Eliot Kimber 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

I have about 7 custom template directories configured. When I pull up the new File->New dialog and navigate down into the Global Templates node, I get lots of blank space in the display and only some of my templates are showing up. Likewise, trying to filter doesn't seem to work. So something is definitely confusing the new template mechanism. However, I think I prefer the old flat list. But then I specifically named all my templates so they would group together in the list, making it quick to find a specific template. Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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Where are the transform scenarios stored?
by Steve Matlock 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

I am currently using Oxygen 11.x on my PC. I need to swap out my hard drive & get a new one. I have a few dozen transform scenarios I've defined. I'd hate to have to re-define them all again when I get my new hard drive & re-install Oxygen. So, I'd like to back them up. There might be an obvious answer, but I haven't found it yet. Any help?

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